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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	28,418

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.